I guess I spoke too soon (or perhaps jinxed myself?!) as my morning Mom walk was foiled by rain today! To be honest with you, it was pretty awesome being able to sleep in an extra 30 minutes to the sound of the rain though. There are few things in life as cozy as that. 
As soon as I crawled out of bed, I got to making breakfast – a Peanut Butter Vanilla Protein Smoothie!
THIS IS THE BEST!!
In the mix:
1 frozen banana
1/4 cup raw old fashioned oats
1 scoop vanilla whey protein powder
1 Tablespoon peanut butter
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond breeze
Let ‘er rip!!
My blender has a “liquify” button that I use to make sure the oats get completely pulverized. 
The result is a sweet, creamy, THICK, milkshake-y smoothie! The best kind!
Served in a Quik Trip cup for on-the-go enjoyment. 
For lunch, I packed some leftovers from last night’s BBQ Feast.
Tangy, tender BBQ Pulled Pork,
and lightly sauteed, fresh veggies.
Some people hate leftovers, but I actually love them! They’re kind of a rare treat for me, since I usually pack whatever we have left for Ben’s lunches.
Not this time though! This pork roast made ~1,000 pounds of pulled pork, so I had my fair share. The rest is freezer bound!
I also brought a Dark Chocolate Almond Cascadian Farm granola bar for a snack.
These bars are gooey, chocolatey and OH SO GOOD! Such a treat!
They’re saying we might be seeing some sunshine today?!?!? I don’t want to get my hopes up…but my hopes kind of need it – I feel like I haven’t seen sunshine in weeks!!
Me = 
today?!
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Happy THREE QUESTION THURSDAY!!!! 
1. Do you believe in ghosts?
2. Who was your first celebrity crush?
3. What’s your biggest pet peeve?
1. Yes!
2. Jonathon Brandis (remember Ladybugs?!) or Jonathan Taylor Thomas!
3. Gum snapping – I can’t handle it!!!
LOVE that smoothie!!
1. Do you believe in ghosts?
Nooo!
2. Who was your first celebrity crush?
Uh..Peter Andre (Jordan’s ex husband :p)
3. What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Hmm…people running late. I HAVE to be on time
1. I have to go with no, but I’m afraid of them
2. Can’t remember, maybe Uncle Jesse from Full House? lol
3. Liars!
I just asked my roommate this question and Uncle Jesse was her response too! Love it
hunk – a- hunk- a- burnin love
1.)Ghosts- a definite yes.
2.)Celebrity crush-I’ll date myself here but Davey from the Monkees!
3.)Biggest pet peeve-people that talk about themselves all.the. time- you know them-”let me ask about you so I can tell you about ME!!!”
Kind of… I believe in divine interventions
STEVEN TYLER. My one true love;)
Negativity!
1. No, I don’t believe in ghosts – I’d freak myself out all the time if I did.
2. My first celeb crush = Leonardo DiCaprio. Oh man, I was OBSESSED with him in second grade
3. My biggest pet peeve nowadays is when people are picky eaters and refuse to try something new!!
(the leftovers ALWAYS go to the bf!)
1. YES. my house is fo sho haunted! we are only the second owners; the family before had 14 kids who never got married/moved out. there are tons of signs that they still live in the house. and now i angered them by talking smack. shoot.
2. JTT all the way baby. tiger beat, anyone?
3. people who are never on time, rude people in customer service (don’t take the job if you’re gonna be miserable!)
OMG I have a vat of leftover pulled pork I can’t wait to eat again and again
1. Absolutely
2. Luke Perry
3. People who come to a complete stop before turning right on a green light.
I”m going to make that pulled pork next week-it looks amazing!
1) No I don’t believe in ghosts.
2) Joey from NKOTB
3) People who are always late and loud talkers
1.) Nope
2.) Brian Austin Green
3.) Chronic Interrupters. I don’t want to talk to people who have to talk over everybody else.
i haven’t tried blending my oat concoction like this but i do love almond milk and nut butters in smoothies, so i should try adding oats!
1) definitely ‘spirits’
2) zach morris/john paul gosselaar
3) when my roommate leaves trash right next to the garbage can instead of emptying it and putting a new bag in
1. Do you believe in ghosts? YES!!!
I recently stayed at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, and now I really believe in ghosts!
2. Who was your first celebrity crush?Joey McIntyre- New Kids on the Block
3. What’s your biggest pet peeve?
Mean and rude people
1/Im not sure . I ve never experienced one personally but my Grandmother used to tell me stories of ghosts she saw as a child in Ireland.
2/ I was very into Joey Mcintyre ( like another poster) and thought Zack Morris ( mark paul gosselaar) was the hottest.
3/People with no manners.
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Oh… I really have to try those smoothies…
1. Do you believe in ghosts? Yep!
2. Who was your first celebrity crush? A toss up, between Joshua Jackson (Mighty Ducks! Quack!!) or Jonathan Taylor Thomas
3. What’s your biggest pet peeve? Currently, all I can think is lazy people at work! Seriously, how do some people still have their jobs?!
mighty ducks was so killer. i’d follow gordon bombay to the ends of the earth
1) Yea I guess
2)When I saw JTT I thought I have to tell her how I received a signed photo from him waaay back in the day after my friend & I sent a letter, LOL
3) Agreeing with the person who posted above me…lazy people at work, especially after my day yesterday.
That smoothie looks great. I finally took the blender out of the cabinet and am starting to use it! I never thought I had a use for it before, but smoothies are so easy and yummy!
1. Definitely.
2. Corey Haim–loved License to Drive!
3. I hate “know-it-alls”!
1. Do you believe in ghosts?
YES! I have never seen one but have most definitely felt them too many times to not believe!
2. Who was your first celebrity crush?
Scott Baio. Charles In Charge!
3. What’s your biggest pet peeve?
I don’t even know where to start with this one. Soooo many things annoy me!!
1. Yes…I think.
2. JTT babyy
3. I really dislike people who are negative all the time. I know we all have bad days but jeeezzz
1. Yes
2. LOL Britney Spears
3. People who are rude for no reason
That smoothie looks sooo good! I’m craving one now!
1. Yes….although I consider them spirits more than ghosts
2. Kirk Cameron
3. Liars that lie about lying!!
1. Do you believe in ghosts? Yep
2. Who was your first celebrity crush? Kirk Cameron
3. What’s your biggest pet peeve? bad drivers . . . I get soooo impatient!
That smoothie looks divine!
1. kind of on the ghost thing.
2. Michael J. Fox!
3. I can’t stand manipulative or passive agressive people. Life is too short to have them around me or my family.
1. sometimes
2. JTT too!! I LOVED HIM!!!!!…btw where is he NOW?
3. People talking loudly when Im on the phone in the office.
I absolutely believe in ghost and totally loved the movie Ladybugs and Jonathon Brandis!! I could watch that movie over and over but I think my first big crush was on Zach Morris from Saved by the Bell. My biggest pet peeve is people wearing sunglasses indoors and slow drivers!
lovin’ the pbb smoothie for brekkie!
1. undecided!
2. zack morris, for sure!
3. drivers who don’t pass in the passing lane!
Yay for Thursday
Your smoothie looks SO good…I’m having a spinach smoothie right now!!
1. No, I don’t think I do…I guess I’ll believe it when I see it
2. JTT for sure!!! Oh and Zach Morris was hot back in the day.
3. I can’t stand liars!!
That smoothy looks to die for!
I will be trying that for sure.
1. Yes. My best friend swears that we used to live with one in our first apartment together about 10 years ago. Weird. She lived in the dining room…
2. Jonathan Brandis was soooo a fav! I was REALLY upset when I found out he died and how it happened. I also loved Jordan from NKOTB
3. People who complain and do nothing to make it better.
I love that idea for a smoothie. It looked so good. I’m definitely going to give that recipe a try.
I think my first celebrity crush would have been someone from 90210 (the original of course) Brandon?
I definitely believe in ghosts! I think I attribute it to one of my best guy friends who would always take me to haunted places…
I totally loved Shane West when I was younger… I loved the badass look
And pet peeve? Oooh I have so many. Ummm dirty dishes left all over the house. Yep, that’s the biggest one!!
xo
K
WHO HATES LEFTOVERS?? I must speak to this person immediately, because I want theirs. ha.
OMG Just had a fabulous convo with my friends about first celeb crushes! Mine was DEFINITELY Joey McIntyre. DREAMBOAT!
-I do not want to answer the ghost question for fear they DO exist.
-Pet peeve is hands down knuckle cracking. ew. ew. ew
I 100% hate gum snapping or loud chewing of any kind! Makes me go crazy!!!!
1. Yes
2. Zach Morris and Leonardo DiCaprio
3. My hugest pet peeve is people running way late, I am always early everywhere.
That smoothie looks awesome!
1) Yes
2) Joey McIntyre…obviously!
3) People that don’t say thank you when you hold the door or don’t wave thanks when you let them go in a car. THAT IS SO RUDE!
Oh my good god that smoothie sounds amazing!!!!!! BAH! I have to make that since it’s getting so warm out. I love the idea of adding oats to smoothies.
1. I kind of believe in ghosts at certain times (if that makes any sense) haha.
2. I loved Hayden Christensen for a while, but now I’m not so sure.
3. I can’t stand it when people leave dishes in the sink when the dishwasher is empty haha.
1) Don’t believe in ghosts….had a great grandma though that talked to ghosts at the end of her bed……I think she was a little nuts haha
2) I wanted to MARRY Michael Jackson when I was around 11 or 12. Back in the 80′s when he was still a cute, normal “black” man.
3) I can’t stand lazy people.
1) I’m not sure I believe in ghosts. Not saying I don’t believe though! I’ve always thought I have a guardian angel looking out for me…maybe they are one in the same? 2) Crush…probably John Denver! Ha Showing my age now! 3) Pet Peeves…I have several! First to mind is blowing your nose at the table, or finding a hair brush or comb on the table, anything innapropriate at the table! And standing WAY TOO close to me and talking right in my face.
SO sad my blender broke
1. Nah
2. Leonardo di Caprio? In Basketball Diaries…
3. I can’t stand bad drivers (hello road rage!) and people who interrupt others in the middle of a sentence (calm down, you’ll get you’re chance! so. rude.)
1. Nope!
2. JTT…and then Leo
3. BAD DRIVERS!
1. YEs, though I don’t have any proof……..I just do!
2. Corey Hain =(
3. Calling out someone’s name and expecting them to come………like when my 9 year old calls out “Mom”, which really means “Mom, come here!”
That smoothie looks so yummy, that might have to be breakfast tomorrow!
1. I definitely believe in ghosts
2. Its a three way tie…Jonathan Brandis, JTT and Matthew Lawrence, can you tell I used to LOVE Tiger Beat lol
3. Bad drivers (ie no turn signals, tailgating, etc) and people who constantly interrupt. My boyfriend has this nasty habit (I am desperately trying to break him of it) he will interrupt if he disagrees and if I don’t stop talking he just raises the volume of his voice until I shut up or flip out…so annoying
I LOVE leftovers! Most things taste even better the next day, it’s environmentally friendly, and if I loved a meal why wouldn’t I love it again the next day? In answer to your questions:
1. I believe in ‘presences’ left behind where something significant happened. In some places you can just sense something.
2. Keanu Reeves in the Paula Abdul video for Rush Rush!
3. I have many peeves, but misspelling and bad grammar really get me for some reason! Especially if I spot them in a newspaper or novel.
1. yes.
2. NKOTB and JTT
3. Annoying mouth noises. LOL.
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1. NOoooooo
2. Definitely Devon Sawa from Casper and ‘Scott Wormer’ a.k.a HUNK of LOVE in “Now and Then”…remember when they run naked out of the lake…hahahah
3. Hmmm, I know I have a lot, but can’t seem to think of them till they happen..haha, but I would say chewing with your mouth open, people who put themselves down all the time, and bad drivers.
1. Naw
2. OMG!!! Totally Johnathan Brandis!!! I would watch the movie “Sidekicks” over and over. and Devin Sawa, I would pause “Now and Then” when they run through the woods after skinny dipping.
3. Snoring or other annoying noises.
1) Yep, I just don’t want them to show themselves to me and we will be good
2) My first crush.. this is SO embarrasing lol.. I admit I was a total NSYNC fan and really had the hots for JC Chasez. My bedroom looked like a shrine.. I am really glad that phase came to an end! haha
3) Selfish people and dishonesty
1) Yes. Ghosts. Spirits. All of the above. Many stories I can not get into in this comment!
Poor guy.
2) Jonathan Brandis was amazing in Ladybugs. I def had a huge crush! You do know he took his own life awhile back?
3) Messiness. Slobs. People not cleaning up after themselves.
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